Originally Posted by Austin
Google has raised everyone's IQ by 20 points.

I doubt it, for reasons documented in the book "The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future" by Bauerlein http://www.dumbestgeneration.com/home.html .

Sure, the Internet permits access to incredible amounts of information. But how are people actually spending time online?
Sites like Facebook encourage youngsters to stay in a hive of same-age peers 24/7 . I've read that newspaper reading, including both online and print versions, is lower than it was 20 years ago.

"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle." - George Orwell